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...decades. The attitude of European and American politicians toward Africa continues to be one of incomprehension and ignorance. René van Slooten Maarssen, the Netherlands Sachs presented a course of action that social-development workers like me have been waiting for. On the global scale, his recommendations deserve swift implementation. But on the micro or country-by-country level, I would strongly recommend the inclusion of what I would term cultural economics: values education that would make adults discard the beliefs, customs and lifestyles that obstruct human development. Medicine to treat aids cannot keep pouring in from rich nations. Poor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 4/5/2005 | See Source »

Aided by a swift quartering tailwind, the Black and White broke out fast against Northeastern and BC and spent all 2,000 meters widening...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 7 W. Heavyweight Crew Tops Defending Champion Bears | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

...last blessing, one more prayer. "Those two appearances may have been what did it," despaired a high Vatican official, as though the fate of such a man could hang on such decisions. "If he had stayed inside, he wouldn't have risked infection." By Thursday the decline was swift. Even as the U.S. continued its great debate over when to remove a feeding tube, the Vatican revealed the Pope was on one. Terri Schiavo, once a private, ordinary woman, had no choice about whether her death would be a passion play for an audience caught in an argument over when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pilgrim's Progress | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

Since that game, Harvard has made a swift, aggressive defensive attack the centerpiece of a new team philosophy...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SHOWTIME | 3/8/2005 | See Source »

...challenged the implication that the AARP, which opposes Bush's privatization plan, is antitroop and pro--gay marriage. The ad was removed hours later, but TPM continues to ask whether USA Next, whose assault on the AARP is run in part by the people who created last year's Swift Boat ads, is connected to the Administration. USA Next denies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blogwatch: Mar. 7, 2005 | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

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